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About four billion rubles were invested in information automatic notification system on accidents ERA-GLONASS, but within three years it is planned to go from state funding to cover by the commercial services, President of NP "GLONASS" Alexander Gurko informed reporters of RIA Novosti on Thursday.

27% of respondents as the primary factor, which is influencing on their choice when buying a used car in the showroom, called the technical guarantee, for 15.5% - low rates were important, 7.9% of respondents reported the importance of the loan, 5.6% - a check of the vehicle by expert, 4.2% remarked the importance of wide variety of models, 1.9% - comfortable buying.

Experts of AVITO Auto counted the total number of requests for June in category “Trucks and buses” and they ranked the most popular trucks in Russia. It turned out that low-tonnage, dump trucks, cranes and other commercial vehicles for transportation of goods are very popular

On June 26th, at a general meeting of shareholders of AvtoVAZ the powers of board members terminated prematurely and company elected a new Board of Directors, headed by Carlos Ghosn, President of the Alliance Renault-Nissan.

To support the automotive industry it was invested RUB 2.6 billion rubles through the purchase of cars for the Ministry of Interior Affairs and the FMBA in 2014, Minister of Industry and Trade, Denis Manturov informed reporters of “Interfax”

In January-May of 2014, in Yekaterinburg, it was sold 31,982 new cars and light commercial vehicles – it is less by 15% or 5519 than in the same period of 2013. In May, compared with the same period of the last year, the market fell by 21% (it was sold 6221 cars).

“Despite the difficult economic conditions, more than a third of Russians are thinking about purchasing of a new car”, - such conclusion was received by experts of OMI that had conducted a study among representative groups in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Nizhny Novgorod, Yekaterinburg and Novosibirsk at the request of KIA Motors Rus.

Since January of 2014, there is a clear downward trend of interest from Russian motorists to production of joint venture GM Uzbekistan. According to the presented data, sales of cars of this manufacturer in Russia fell by 12% compared with the same period in 2013, according to News-Asia.

Recently, experts of AvtoVAZ listen carefully to the opinions of consumers. They communicate with them in the social networks, making changes in the design of the car and even decide on the production of new versions based on the “feedback”.

In November of 2013 Evroplan launched a fundamentally new for the Russian market financial product - leasing of cars for individuals. In a half of year since the launch of services the company summed subtotals.

AvtoVAZ has developed a program to improve LADA Priora in connection with the extension of the production of this family until 2018. In the next 12 months LADA Priora will receive stylistic changes, improved suspension settings and a number of new options.

Yesterday, in Moscow, it was opened the second international forum “Localization of production and sourcing in Russia”, organized by the Russian-German Chamber of Commerce with the support of Ministry of Economic Development and the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, as well as major Western companies that localized their production in Russia.

In May, the market of trucks (gross vehicle weight over 16 tons) in Russia was 4.7 thousand units (-16.5% compared with a year ago). For five months in 2014, it was sold 25.6 thousand of such vehicles (-16.2% to the same period of the last year).

The Russian government has approved the initiative of “legitimize” of the right turn of vehicles at a red light and it was asked the Ministry of Internal Affairs to amend the existing traffic regulations before October 1st, 2014.

Sales of SUVs in Russia continue to grow, albeit slightly. Within 5 months of 2014, it was sold more than 354 thousand new cars with body type SUV in the domestic market. Compared with January-May of the last year, when it was sold generally about 340,000 units, an increase was 4%.

“Nobel Automotive Russia” completes the first stage of construction of its plant in the SEZ “Togliatti”. The installation of the equipment will be launched on days. There is a recruitment of employees.

AvtoVAZ intends to offer adherents of domestic cars three more new items in autumn, and, they will be brought to the market quite rapidly - in September it will be LADA Kalina Cross, in October - LADA 4x4 Urban, in November - LADA Largus Cross.

Russian office BMW announced the beginning of sales in our country of a new compact crossover brand - X4, as well as it announced prices for the model. Best budget option of X4th will cost 2,304,000 rubles.

At the recent annual meeting of shareholders and the regular meeting of the Board of Directors of GM-AvtoVAZ there was considered the progress of construction of production facilities owned by subsidiary JV Systems in SEZ “Togliatti” and the creation work of Chevrolet Niva of new generation

GM-AvtoVAZ will present at the Moscow International Motor Show 2014 a concept of new generation SUV Chevrolet Niva. The press service of the joint venture informed about it AUTOSTAT agency, by adding that the model will give an idea about the design of a new generation Niva.

Chinese automaker Great Wall Motors (GWM) in August will begin the construction of the plant in Tula region. Enterprise with a capacity up to 150 thousand cars will be built in the territory of industrial park Uzlovaya”, where the Chinese automaker will receive benefits for ten years - zeroed property tax and income tax at 15.5%.

It is still too early to dismiss “Priora” car. Eighth year is not age for this VAZ model in the Russian market. And although the successor vehicle on the assembly line has already been appointed, after facelift and several restylings, this “bestseller of 2012” continues to be a weighty competitor for many foreign cars today.

According to Rosstat, truck production was 60.3 million units in January-May, which is less by 21.6% than a year ago. Last month, it was assembled 13.2 thousand trucks in the Russian assembly lines – it is less by 21.3% than a year before.

Volvo Trucks has announced about the suspension of its plant in Kaluga. According to the press service of the Volvo Group Trucks Russia, it is a traditional measure: “all the plants in the production system Volvo Group Trucks worldwide (and there are more than 15) go on summer vacation in July and August, by stopping the production”.

According to the agency “Auto-Dealer-SPb”, it was sold 78,921 new passenger and light commercial vehicles in St. Petersburg in January-May of 2014 – it is less by 1% than in the same period of last year.

AvtoVAZ is preparing to launch to the Russian market Lada Priora with robotized transmission. “Robot” will appear in the whole family of models Lada Priora in one configuration “norm” and two “luxury”.

Russian automotive group Sollers decreased car sales by 23% to 28.54 thousand cars in January-May of 2014. As the press service of Sollers informed the agency “ITAR-TASS”, in May, the company's sales declined by 33% and they were 5.95 thousand vehicles.

Russian buyers find comfort and design as some of the most important criteria when choosing a new car, showed an opinion series poll KIA Consumer Focus, conducted among car owners of all brands in a number of the largest cities in Russia.